Mute the internet but still have sounds from media players

Q:Mute the internet but still have sounds from media players

is it possible to mute sounds from games and stuff from the internet but still listen to music from windows media player. i know it can be done on windows vista but is there something you can download which can do it aswell.

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Mute the internet but still have sounds from media players

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64bit Versus 32bit Media Players Is there an advantage to using a 64bit version of a player rather than a 32bit version? MPC x64 versus MPC x32? or WMP x64 versus WMP x32?

I have read a lot of discussion about codecs working or not working for 32bit and/or 64bit media players and operating systems. My question is what is the advantage of using a 64bit media player? Is the picture better, clearer, sharper? Does the 64bit player use less resources its corresponding 32bit player? Codec support is a lot better for 64bit versions now than in the recent past, but still why go through the hassle of purposefully switching to a 64bit player? Is there really a performance or quality edge to making the switch in players?

I have Vista Home Premium x64 and ask this question to help me decide whether to use the 64bit version or 32bit version of Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic-HC. If there is no performance or quality difference then I will stick with the 32bit version of both players until such time as either there is a performance/quality edge or extra steps are not required for using the 64bit versions of the players.

Thank you for your help.

A:64bit Media Players Versus 32bit Media Players

I'm using the x64 version of MPC-HC now. I don't notice any performance or quality gains over the 32 bit version though. Should there be? Am I missing something? Does anyone get better performance or higher quality out of using the x64 version of a media player instead of the 32 bit version?

Hi Folks ! I truly hope all of you are having a great day.I do not know for certain if this post would be best placed in this Forum.I thought I would give it a try.My wife and I love to watch youtube.com music videos with the flv format.Occasionally we watch something that is in the avi,acc, mpeg video format also.That's pretty much it. I am hoping somebody very knowledgeable about Internet flv or Multi-Media,Media Players reads this post or somebody points me to a link of some kind or another person that can advise me.Also if anybody knows of a better Forum I should/could transfer this post to I would appreciate the information tremendously. I would greatly appreciate some help and guidance from somebody with a very good knowledge of these players.I have been using 1-2 Players the past few years.One was Musicmatch and the other two were Real Player 11.0 and Windows Media 11.0 We have had a lot of trouble with Library the getting corrupted,on one of these players.wav and mp3 files put in where my flv videos should be and Windows Media player trying to get in the way and do as it pleases.I do not understand why but some players also tend to be very bad at duplicating my videos therefore take up unnecessary space.I am looking for a very good dependable flv or Multi-media player that is freeware,shareware, or programs that must be purchased for 75.00 and under.I also want one other thing and that is to burn my videos over onto DVD.The thing I have loved about Real Play... Read more

A:Internet Media Players

Real Player 11 is probably the easiest way to download videos online. But if you don't like their player and prefer Windows Media or possibly VLC or whatever, you can right click on the clip in your Real Player library and transfer it to My Videos in Windows. Then you can watch it on any player you like. I don't use MusicMatch so I can't comment on that. There are other ways to download video clips but Real has made it very easy. The other day I used it to download a clip and uploaded it to my Blogger account to post it on my blog. That took a total of about ten minutes. That's very easy.

I am stumped. I have run Driver Genius and updated all of my drivers, I have checked device manager and no ? or !, but when Im online I cant hear audio on ANY site. When Im watching/listening to files on my PC I can hear them fine. What the heck is happening here?

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I've noticed lately that the sound from computer hasn't been that great, but just kinda assumed it was my speakers being poorly set up or something - never really gave it a thought! Anyway I now realise it's not, and it really is an annoying problem! Any music I play in Windows Media Player comes out extremely scratchy! But if I play the same file in another player (either Creative Media Source or Win DVD 7) it sounds perfect!I have a fairly new Creative Sound Blaster Live External sound card, but the problem still persists when I disconnect this and just use the Notebooks internal sound card. I'm running Windows XP Home SP2 and Media Player 10 (now I've upgraded to 11 - but it didn't help).I've tried the built in speakers, my X-530's, a good quality set of head phones and a crap set. Every other program that makes a noise sounds perfect - just media player is up the putt!Turned off visualization to no effect.Even happens when I play a CD through media player.

Problem is pretty straightforward. Whenever I try to open a video file (whether it be .wmv, .avi, etc) through the File -> Open menu, whatever media player I'm using (except Winamp... that works for some reason) crashes! Both VLC and another program says that the "ModName" was msyuv.dll in the error report, so I guess that's a start. I've done full system virus scans, full system spyware scans, defragged twice with Diskeeper, cleaned and defraged my registry, downloaded a new copy of msyuv.dll, deleted my msyuv.dll in C:\Windows\System32 and rebooted (which forces System Restore to install a new copy), and NONE of this has changed a thing. Well, the only thing it has changed is that in some programs, the video file now opens after a 5-10 freeze (but the PLAYERS still keep crashing... applications that edit video files only open), but when trying to add a second, it crashes again. I've also uninstalled/rolled back WMP11 and removed all it's runtime modules, but that hasn't changed a thing, and I'm also fully up-to-date on Windows Updates.

As you can see this is a bit of a doozy. One thing to note is that I can still view video files fine if I find them through the Windows Explorer and right click -> Open with <player name>. Going through File -> Open causes the program to crashes and/or freeze. Winamp is ABLE to view videos through File -> Open, but no other player can (not even applications like VirtualDub are able to open video me... Read more

A:Unable to open video media in media players.

try again to completely uninstall & reinstall the players and uninstall and reinstall all of your video drivers. . . you may also check eventvwr to see if there is more information at the time of the crash.

I have recently re-installed XP home edition and now do not have any window sounds. I can get sounds from the Media Player and VLC media player. The sounds are enabled within sounds and audio device but do not play. My PC is a home build (not by me) Asus A8V-E Deluxe and it has been a real pig over the last few weeks and I am starting to pull out the last of my remaining hair in frustration.

Hello today...my question is if I were using real player and wanted to change the application to another media player how do i do that? I uninstalled real player and downloaded another player but everytime I try and play my music it says it cant locate the real player I assumed that the computer would recognize the difference but obviously not.

All my recorded music was associated with Windows Media7 player, to access some area on the internet, it forced me to download RealPlayer1. Now my music is controlled by RealPlayer.How do I get MediaPlayer7 back and remove RealPlayer from being the default player.I have WinXP.Thanks for any assistance you may provide.Vic 177

A:media players

When you click on the sound file links in your browser, it will automatically download a short .wav file that will automatically launch your default media player. Often the default media player is Real Player or Real Juke Box. It is usually simpler for you to use Windows Media Player to listen to the .wav files. To make Windows Media Player your default .wav file player, follow the below instructions: (this if for Windows Media Player version 6.4.07. - Procedures for different versions may vary.)

1. Open Windows Media Player on your computer by going to Start- Programs- Accessories menu.

2. If it is not there, then go to Start, Run, and type " mplayer2.exe" and it should pop up.

3. In Windows Media Player go to View, options, Formats tab, and select Windows Media File and Windows Audio File. Selecting these boxes should make the Windows Media player your default player for .wav sounds.

I have several media players installed on my computer and just wondered if I actually need them all. I have wndows media player, real player, quicktime, and macromedia. Do I only need one of these or is it necessary to have more than one?

Thanks,

Lee

A:Media players

Not necessarily. It depends on which you use the most to listen to music or watch video clips. I use Winamp.

Any suggestions about who I can use for my mp3 library? I was furious when Yahoo bought MusicMatch and completely ruined it. I had used it happily and easily for years, and now my "lifetime"subscription is virtually useless.I've tried MediaMonkey, but it has so many problems(repop,tagging, burning,too numerous to mention), that it's more troublr than it's worth.Any ideas would be very welcome.Thanks in advance for your time and input.

Winamp,Windows Media, I tried them all but i still cannot play any movies,avi,mpeg etc. All i get is sound no visual.What am i doing wrong?Please could someone help me?

A:Media Players

Try installing all of the codec packs on this page except for the second (Win98):http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/codecdownload.aspx

Check the status of your DirectX by going to Start » Run, and typing:dxdiagOK.Run the tests (You can skip the network tests unless you play online games) and see if it finds any errors. Also see what version of DX you have installed.

Open Display Properties, Settings, Advanced and see if your video acceleration is set to maximum.

I have been using both Microsoft Media Player Ver9 and Real One to listen to FM radio (WCPE) while I have been working on the net. My problem is this: the station cuts out several times for a few minuets every ten or so minuets. At that time I maximize the player and some text is running along the bottom saying buffering 35%-46%-86% etc etc. What is going on? Can I stop this? It's very annoying.

Uncle Marine

A:Media Players

Welcome to TSG fellow cheesehead!

What knid of connection speed do you have? Dialup (if so what average connection)? DSL or Cable?

I have 4 media players I downloaded 2 films and only 1 of my players would play them properly VLC media player the other 3 all played the films but there was no sound. I thought that if I made vlc my default player I would be able to copy them to disk with the sound. But it has'ent worked out that way when I copy to disk there is no sound, can anyone tell me how I can solve this problem. Thanks.

I am having some problems with BSPlayer not playing some videos because of these errors:

Unknown File Format (DIV3)Unknown File Format (DIVX)

I have Windows Media Player 9.0 and Quicktime as well. I can't use Windows Media Player beacuse everytime I install BSPlayer I only hear the sound of the movie not the picture. That also goes with BSPlayer as well. No picture only sound. I e-mailed BSPlayer support and I never gotten a reply and I did get one but they sent me a link to where I can download and install some patches, but those patches made my BSPlayer not work at all. I'm looking for a Media Player other than the ones I have that will play anything and everything. I hate VideoLAN because I heard from The ScreenSavers that you have to tweak it and I really don't know what to do.

So here's my problem... I have hundreds of music videos and hundreds of mp3s. I need a media player that can do the following things. I want it to be able to play both music videos and mp3s in a playlist. VLC can't do this. I want it to normalize the volume levels on the mp3s and videos. VLC claims to be able to normalize volume levels but it does a fair job of normalizing volumes on mp3s and saying it does a poor job of normalizing volume levels on music videos would be too generous. I need it to make a shuffled playlist. Not random. Anyone who plays the files on their computers as frequently as I do can tell you. Randomizing a playlist is no way to go. All the media players keep picking the same files in their "random" lists. The only way is a shuffled playlist with a resume feature. That's the only way to hear all of your media in your collection regularly. Foobar is the best mp3 player I've ever used and I've used a lot of them. Shuffled resume is by far the best. But if anyone knows of a media player that can do these 3 simple things and do it well please let me know. You would make me a very happy person.

I am not a person who wants to pay for something if I don't have to. I really want to enjoy my dvd viewing. I have WinDVD, but it isn't the full application I guess. I keeps popping up the "number" of experiences I have left. All I do is try to figure out how to adjust the sound when it is off-quality and it prompts me I have one experience left. I don't think I care too much about specifics. FF RW Play Subtitles Pause and the ability to have the sound be normal are about all I'm interested in. I'm wondering if there is something out there that won't cost anything.

I find a lot of freeware stuff, but I haven't found any DVD players. I'm just trying to figure out what kind of choices I even have. WindowsMediaPlayer will play a disk, but it does not seem to like the DVD in file format. WinDVD plays the movies either way, but I keep wondering whether I actually have a copy or if it will eventually stop working. Not to mention, the occasional refusal to sound right. drives me nuts.

Basically, I like the way WinDVD looks and feels... I am just left wondering what the deal with it is.

I have WindowsXP MediaCenterEdition. The media center thing is a joke. Way too many screens to go through for something as stupid as playing a DVD or audio CD. I've tried it a couple times and I just have no patience for it. It seems to take somethings simple and complicate it.

Check the freeware page in my sig. At the same time since you are installing and de-installing so much you might want to do the following : Download install and update CcleanerAfter installing and updating go to options - advanced and tick prompt for registry back upsNow Start up in safe modeDo two runsa) Click on problems and tick all. Click on analyse. At the end you will be prompted for storing a backup. This will be stored, as a default, in My documents. Click on cleaner click on analyse and accept all files to be removed.

When I watch something on a media player site it give's me the option's of for example 100% video. full screen , text and video etc. Why can I not get it to feel my screen instead of being a small screen. Hope you can help.

Earlier today I was on my laptop and the mute button and volume buttons worked perfectly fine, my grandmother and I ran down the street to the store for a few minutes and when I got back on to my computer the volume and mute buttons on the keyboard no longer worked. I then got on youtube to see if my escape button still works, which it does, and the itunes to see if the play/pause button and skip buttons would work and they didn't. Does anyone know what caused this or how to fix it? My sound does still work. Thanks.

I'm having trouble playing media types on CD or DVD. Internet videos are alright. But played a DVD with WIN Media Player and it was in slow motion; the presenter sounded retarded. There was also hisses, pops and hestation. Played a song from a CD in the drive using iTunes and RealPlayer and I could hear hisses and pops.

I hope that you can help me, I am having problems playing video files and I think that I have some sort of virus.

For example:

Mkv files say in the properties box that they are mkv files, but both VLC and Windows media player say that they are *undf* files and can't play them.

THEN

Mp4 files that say in the properties box that they are mp4 files again both VLC and Windows media player say that they are *hev1* files and they can't play them.

Can you explain why these video files are being seen as something different please?

I have already done a scan with Combofix, but nothing changed.

Many thanks for any help

Caroline

A:Media players see files as something different?

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Today I went to update my iPod. I clicked on one of the songs in the library and the song did not play. It stayed at zero. I dragged the playtime to, 40 seconds for example, and still nothing.Later on I went to play some music with Windows Media PLayer and I get the error message Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or your proxy settings might not be correctI downloaded Winamp to see if I'd get the same story with another player. Clicked on a song, and it responded the same way as iTunes did. No error message, no music.EDIT: nevermind i fixed it. Did some further researching on the nets. And my problem was similar to others. It started after I downloaded an older version of AIM. Others had downloaded AIM 6.0. The version I downloaded was much older. I'll post the solution for those who may have encountered this problem as well.Took from the site:I HAVE THE ANSWER. after searching a while I found a fix that acutally workedYou go to : Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound and then something should pop up saying certain enhancements are interfering with something Terminate the program? Click yes and your problem should be solvedand BAM. Fixed. Silly AOL Instant Messenger.

I'm having a problem with Windows Media Player and Real Player. Basically, each time that I load either of them, they suddenly close after about 1-2 minutes with no warning. There's no error message at all - they simply vanish.

I don't need to be doing anything in particular in order for them to crash. Even if I just load them up and then do absolutely nothing they will stay open on the screen for 1-2 minutes and then disappear. For the time that they are open, I have no problem playing or ripping music, videos etc. The problem is simply that the programs just close of their own accord.

This just suddenly started happening a couple of days ago and I don't recall installing anything beforehand or messing with the computer generally that may have caused this.

I have a Dell Dimension computer using Windows XP, 2 GB of RAM and am using WMP 11.

If anyone could give me any help I'd be really grateful as this is driving me nuts!

ThanksStuart

A:Media Players keep closing

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HiIam using windows XP 2002 adition and having peintiumIII processor.I have a problem in my computer.

Whenever i activate any media players like winamp, windows player or real player it crashes. I mean it gets closed after 2 sec.iam trying to play mp3 file on winamp it opens and in 2or 3secs it gets closed.i need solution for this...

So, suddenly all my media players (sans Quicktime, but screw Quicktime) have stopped working. That is to say, they only play audio on files and not the video. WMP, VLC Player, Media PLayer Classic etc. all do the same thing all of a sudden. I have tried tons of files, and it isn't just a broken file or anything. Interesting to note is that they will display still images (jpeg, etc) and videos that are very short (seconds long) will actually work, yet everything else just plays audio and a black box for picture. This is very annoying and I wondered if anyone had any idea to the cause. Thanks!

A:All Media Players Broken?

Sounds like you may be missing the codecs... you may want to browse to find the right ones... you can try http://www.free-codecs.com/
or see if the site you got the videos from tells you what codecs you need.

Please let us know if this resolves the issue or if you need further assistance!

I don't often copy cd's to my pc because whenever I try I get tied in knots. I've used wmp and Realplayer and I can't get a handle on either. Copying across to the hard drive is easy, it's the sorting and editing afterwards. Like, when titles are 'untitled', the album is 'unknown' etc. I just can't seem to rename these without losing them from the playlist selection, or refile the contents of Disc 2 to the same file as Disc 1, or delete previously chosen tracks from playlists?

Is there a SIMPLE, EASY-TO-USE, music refiler/renamer/resorter/whatever out there that even a total dummy like me can use?? Or maybe just an easier to use music media player?

A:Am I too thick to use media players?

What version of windows and windows media player (in WMP click help, about, version number is there) do you have?Like, when titles are 'untitled', the album is 'unknown' Click to expand...

When copying music from a CD you have options to set within media player that will sort all this out for you. You can turn off the creation of subfolders for album titles which can get a bit messy. Also, whilst copying the music, you can check an online database that will name/tag the tracks for you. The 'layout' of the name is again determined by you - Artists/title for example, album etc etc. Without these options set or the database checked it just puts music in folders called unknown or untitled and the tracks just usually have numbers as their name.Where are you trying to re-name your music, is it the file itself outside WMP or are you trying to re-name things from within WMP's library? You can do both but there are different results. The key to having music show in windows media player, as you want it, are the hidden tags in a music file. Changing a file's name outside WMP doesn't change the way WMP shows the file, similarly, changing something in the library doesn't change the name of the file outside of WMP.It's not as confusing as it sounds.Outside of WMP you want your file names to be simple and easily identified.The hidden tags though is what will show inside WMP. These tags can hold all sorts of info - Artist/title/... Read more

Hi
I am new to these forums but I have been having a number of problems with Windows. The current problem is that none of my media players work. when I try to play a song in itunes it sits at the beginning of the song and does not play or give me an error. in Winamp, it gives me the error of Bad DirectSound driver. Please install the proper drivers or select another device in configuration. Error code: 8878000A. and I know that is sounds so simple but no matter what drivers I get, nothing works. If somebody could please help me out, that would be perfect.
thanks
note I appologize about the poor grammer/ puntuation/ spetting/etc. I wrote this in a hurry.

A:media players not working

what hardware is the sound card? is it onboard or add-in? what driver versions have you tried? Was it working before, and if so what was the last thing done on the machine?

I am having problems with all my music in that only the backing music is playing, no vocals. I cannot see an option that relates in the slightest in any volume control. Any thoughts? It's driving me crazy!

A:problems with all media players

Hello and welcome to TSG

Select ..Open volume Controls. Then see if all your "Balance" settings are set to the middle.

Hey there people, do you know of any good alternatives for VLC media player? I LOVE vlc, its lightweight, reliable, and works perfectly. There is just one problem though. In order to get VLC media player to play .mkv files, you have to upgrade to the latest version of VLC.. In my eyes, the latest version is the complete opposite of the older verion. This one is a little bulkier because of its new interface, you never know if its really going to work or not, and it takes a while for videos to load, and when they do, they freeze. A LOT.

So I'm looking for a media player that is lightweight, has a nice interface, can perform, and will not crap out on me.

I have XP. All my players - media player 11, VLC, real and winamp get stuck in the middle of videos/songs with a 'grrrrrr' sound and everything hangs. Even cntrl+alt+del doesnt work... Can anyone help me plzzz???

HiIam using windows XP 2002 adition and having peintiumIII processor.I have a problem in my computer.

Whenever i activate any media players like winamp, windows player or real player it crashes. I mean it gets closed after 2 sec.iam trying to play mp3 file on winamp it opens and in 2or 3secs it gets closed.i need solution for this...

I'm having a problem with Windows Media Player and Real Player. Basically, each time that I load either of them, they suddenly close after about 1-2 minutes with no warning. There's no error message at all - they simply vanish.

I don't need to be doing anything in particular in order for them to crash. Even if I just load them up and then do absolutely nothing they will stay open on the screen for 1-2 minutes and then disappear. For the time that they are open, I have no problem playing or ripping music, videos etc. The problem is simply that the programs just close of their own accord.

This just suddenly started happening a couple of days ago and I don't recall installing anything beforehand or messing with the computer generally that may have caused this.

I have a Dell Dimension computer using Windows XP, 2 GB of RAM and am using WMP 11.

If anyone could give me any help I'd be really grateful as this is driving me nuts!